5-Year BA/M.Ed. or BS/M.Ed.

Already working on your education degree? Consider the 5-year option, where you will earn a bachelor's and a master's degree with just one extra year.

With our 5-year program, you can earn a bachelor's and a master's degree in less time. You can begin teaching after you earn your bachelor's degree, so you have the freedom to start your career right away. A year later, you will graduate with a master's degree, which gives you an advantage in the job market.

Possible Master Concentrations

Dual Degree Advantages

You will graduate with your bachelor's degree and can start teaching right away.

Graduate classes complement a teacher's schedule. Evenings during the school year and daytime during the summer.

You can complete your master's degree with only 30 hours rather than the traditional 36 hours.

Graduating with a master's degree makes you more competitive in the job market. Plus, you could earn teaching experience while completing graduate work.

Potential Careers

Community college instructor

Gifted and Talented teacher

Reading specialist

Teacher for English abroad program

English instructor for adult learners

Gifted and Talented Courses

Assessment and Measurement of Gifted Learners

Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Learners

Curriculum Development for the Gifted and Talented

Reading Courses

Foundations of Reading

Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Difficulties

Developing Literacy

Second Language Education and Culture

Cross-Cultural Communications

Applied Linguistics

Language Acquisition

Opportunities

You may choose to seek additional certificates to increase your marketability in school districts and overseas.

If your concentration area is in gifted and talented, you may complete the state exam to receive certification in this discipline.

For a reading concentration, you can choose to take additional courses to be eligible for the state reading specialist certificate.

In the second language education and culture concentration, you will be awarded the TESOL certificate, which you can use for teaching overseas.

Master Admissions Requirements

3.0 minimum grade point average or a score of 900 or higher on Graduate Record Examination (GRE)

90 hours of undergraduate work completed (You can start planning to pursue the 5-year option at any point, but you cannot formally apply until you’ve finished your junior year.)

Two letters of recommendation from educators or employers, showing that the applicant is motivated to achieve, can contribute to the learning process, will bring real-life experience to the program and will enhance the overall experience of other graduate students

Two additional letters of recommendation from Texas Wesleyan undergraduate education faculty members